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The Secret Service alert says ATMs still running on Windows XP are particularly vulnerable, and it urged ATM operators to update to a version of Windows 7 to de
by ScottBurson 9y ago
The Secret Service alert says ATMs still running on Windows XP are particularly vulnerable, and it urged ATM operators to update to a version of Windows 7 to defeat this specific type of attack.
I think this applies, mutatis mutandis: https://xkcd.com/463/ https://xkcd.com/463/
- perl4ever 9y agoAt least they aren't running OS/2 Warp.
- the-dude 9y agoActually, OS/2 has been used for ATMs ( I've seen them in the EU, long time ago ).
- xen2xen1 9y agoYup, you'd probably be surprised how much of that is still out there. At this point I'd rather have that than XP which has lots of well known exploits.
- perl4ever 9y agoIt appears that NCR and Diebold made the decision to migrate from OS/2 to Win XP a while ago.
- perl4ever 9y agoThat was the joke - I believe it is or was used in the US too. Also Windows CE.